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→Section 3. (establishes the Senate, its composition & requirements for office)
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* the Vice President has no official duty other than the preside over the Senate and to cast a vote in case of a tie in the Senate | * the Vice President has no official duty other than the preside over the Senate and to cast a vote in case of a tie in the Senate | ||
* the Vice Presidency is an office of the Senate, and not of the Executive branch | * the Vice Presidency is an office of the Senate, and not of the Executive branch | ||
* the process for election of the Vice President was changed by the 12th Amendment (amending Article II, Section 1)}}''' shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. | * the process for election of the Vice President was changed by the 12th Amendment (amending Article II, Section 1)}}''' shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a '''{{#tip-text:President pro tempore|President pro tempore | ||
* = 2nd highest officer of the Senate, after the Vice President | |||
* role is to preside ("oversee") over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President | |||
* the President pro tempore is elected by the Senate | |||
* (in practical terms, will therefore be selected by the majority party) | |||
* the President pro tempore is 4th in line of succession of the presidency, per the 25th Amendment | |||
* otherwise the office has few powers (unlike the Speaker of the House) | |||
* in practice (not constitutionally defined) the office operates as official representative of the Senate}}''', in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. | |||
The Senate shall have the sole Power to '''{{#tip-text:try all Impeachments| | The Senate shall have the sole Power to '''{{#tip-text:try all Impeachments| | ||